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Upcoming 2006
National Convention
Join Federationists from all over the nation at the National Federation
of the Blind Convention!
Place: Hilton Anatole Hotel
Dates: Saturday, July 1 through Friday, July 7, 2006
Pre-convention seminars for parents of blind children and other groups:
July 1, 2006. Division and national committee meetings: July 2-3, 2006.
General sessions: July 4 through 7, 2006.
Three thousand five hundred people from all fifty states, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico and numerous foreign countries are expected to
attend. Most of those attending will be blind.
Don't miss it! For more information visit the NFB web site at www.nfb.org
or call our national office at (410) 659-9314.
Be Sure To Join Us For Our
NFBC State Convention!
Where: The Courtyard by Marriott in Shelton, CT
When: Friday, November 3; Saturday, November 4; Sunday, November 5, 2006
Save the dates and join us!
NFB-Newsline® is available
in Connecticut!
Thanks to funding by the Board of Education and Services for the Blind,
NFB-Newsline® has been available in Connecticut since November, 2004.
For more information or an application form, visit our website at www.nfbct.org
or contact our community outreach office at (860)289-1971.
The Coccomo-NFBC Grant Program
Brought to you through the generosity of the John A. Coccomo Foundation
in partnership with the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut.
For more information about this grant program or if you haven't received
your copy of the application in the mail, call our outreach office to
request one! (860) 289-1971.
Connecticut Chapter Meeting
Information
New Chapter!
Shoreline Chapter: Leslie Fairall, (203)931-0723, fairall@ns.shellworld.net.
Shoreline meetings are held every second Saturday of the month at 1:00
PM at the First Congregational Church in Branford.
Southern Connecticut Chapter:
Joyce Kane, (203)378-8928, blindhands@aol.com. Southern Connecticut
meetings are held every third Saturday of the month at 2 PM at the Fowler
Memorial Building
45 New Haven Avenue, Milford.
Bristol Area: Anyone
interested in attending meetings in the Bristol area should contact Gary
Allen at (860) 589-2241.
Danbury Area Chapter:
Melvin Friedman, (203) 746-5985, mhfriedman@sbcglobal.com. Danbury meetings
are held every second Sunday at 2:00 PM at Danbury Commons, 51 Main Street,
Danbury.
Greater Hartford Chapter:
Carolyn Dodd, (860) 236-8072. Hartford meetings are held every third
Saturday at 10:00 AM at the Capitol Community College, Conference Room
211, 950 Main Street, Hartford.
Stamford Area Chapter:
John Padilla, (203)325-4695. Stamford meetings are held every second Saturday
at 1:00 PM at the Stamford Hospital, Shelburne & West Broad, Stamford.
Volunteer Readers
The community outreach office of the National Federation of the Blind
of Connecticut has compiled a list of volunteer readers throughout the
state. Through public service announcements on radio and television, many
people have called our office and have offered their time to read to blind
people. Any blind person who is in need of a reader for any purpose, call
our office at (860) 289-1971
Scholarships Available
Scholarships are available for legally blind individuals college full-time.
Call the outreach office for an application. (860) 289-1971.
The Federationist in Connecticut accepts article contributions
to keep this publication up and running.
Send articles of interest to Esther Levegnale at elevegnale@sbcglobal.net
or mail to: NFBCT, 580 Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, CT 06108
In Your Will
If you or a friend would like to remember the National Federation of the
Blind of Connecticut in your will, you can do so by employing the following
language: "I give, devise and bequeath unto the National Federation
of the Blind of Connecticut, 580 Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, Connecticut
06108, a state of Connecticut nonprofit corporation, the sum of $____
(or "____percent of my net estate" or "the following stocks
and bonds") to be used for its worthy purposes on behalf of blind
persons."
America's Jobline
AMERICA'S JOBLINE,
a toll-free telephone access service (1-800-414-5748) is an audible version
of America's Job Bank. AMERICA'S JOBLINE offers a resume feature, allowing
callers to create and send electronic resumes directly to employers.
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